Subject Pronoun

You ask about the subject with who? Or what? In Spanish, subject pronouns usually only replace persons. A special feature of Spanish is that there are masculine (nosotros, vosotros, ellos) and feminine (nosotras, vosotras, ellas) pronouns in the plural:

Yo soy alemana. ¿y vostras? – Yo soy colombiana y ella es mexicana.

Singular

Plural

1. Person

Yo (I)

Nosotros/-as (We)

2. Person

Tú (You)

Vosotros/-as (You)

3. Person

Él (He)

Ella (She)

Usted (You)

Ellos (They)

Ellas (They)

Ustedes (They)

The subject pronoun is used much less frequently in Spanish than in English. This is because all information about the person and the numerus are already contained in the verb in one sentence. Usually the ending of the verb contains this information:

¿Qué haces? Voy al supermercado

¿Dónde está Laura? Está en la escuela.

The subject pronouns are only used if it is not clear what it is about or who is addressed in a conversation: